I don't see why this is any worse than a compiled language (Java, C# etc.), it's not going to be hard to manage your sourcecode and the JS output if you've got an automated build of your web project set up.
Having done a lot of big projects in JS for me it has a lot of shortcomings and it would be great to have a replacement language that is backwards compatible. Sure I wouldn't do anything enterprise level for a year or so while Dart proves itsself, but I would happily use it for large projects before widespread browser support.
but ominously, it also has a tool that converts Dart code into JavaScript
No, that's an excellent feature. Allows us to start developing sites with this new language without having to wait for all browsers to upgrade or to have plugins installed. How else would you get any sort of main stream takeup of a javascript replacement?
They've come up with a naming rule (desserts in alphabetical order) and they're sticking to it: Cupcake, Donut, Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread, Honeycomb, Ice Cream Sandwich
I'm just waiting for Apple to run out of "cool" large cat names and start releasing versions like "OS X Ocelot"
And then there are the Android app developers. Invariably they want access to my contacts, they want to impersonate me, they want real-time access to my GPS location, even for apps as simple as Droid Flashlight.
iPhone apps do the same, and you don't even get a chance to check what permissions apps use to decide which flashlight app to install (the one that does access your contacts, or the one that doesn't, hmm, tough choice:)
[Citation needed], Windows Mobile, JME, and Symbian had native apps long before iOS, so I'd be very surprised if Google wouldn't have offered native apps if Apple hadn't.
I think a Ponzi scheme is more specific than that:
"A Ponzi scheme is a fraudulent investment operation that pays returns to its investors from their own money or the money paid by subsequent investors, rather than from any actual profit earned by the individual or organization running the operation."
This isn't a case of a company promising investment returns and paying them with the original invested money, it's a company syphoning off money from their own customers deposit accounts.
The researchers aren't introducing the bugs into the software, of course; they're simply finding flaws that might not have been found under other circumstances.
I can't say I've ever had any trouble fitting even relatively big smart phones (Nexus S) into my pocket, but perhaps OP would like to take a look at the Xperia Mini?
From the video it sounds like that what comes off the roll is just the eInk layer (pigment capsules etc) which then needs to be laminated to a TFT panel that actually controls the pixels, so you cant just plug that roll in and have a 1km long working screen unfortunately.
$25 is less than the cost of most Arduino boards, if it's possible to add some digital/analogue inputs/outputs it could become electronics bloggers new favourite toy (at least for high power mains projects, I suspect Arduino will still have much better power consumption!)
and in a year or two, it wouldn't be surprising if all software is made available as an ISO on a USB drive which can be read by tablet and PC alike
I'm a little confused by this, why would software come as an ISO file on a USB drive when it could just come as the actual files on a usb drive?
A lot of Apple software downloads come as disk images, maybe this will catch on with windows but then ISOs aren't compressed and what's the advantage of that over a self contained executable installer?
1.5 plus meg/sec in real world usage, most things aren't that fast from the source but a good torrent will give between 1.5 and 2 meg/sec, and I'm assuming that a 20 mbps line will never give you 2.5 meg/sec data rate once control bits are taken into account.
They're all tied up for the next 30 years in court fighting the zillions of meritless lawsuits from the incumbents whose only "innovators" are in the legal or lobbying departments.
By "London" I assume they mean central London, and given they'll be installing the equipment in their cable junction boxes I doubt places like Heathrow would be covered anyway.
Sooner or later I'm sure a worst-case nuclear disaster will occur and the result will be a handful of acute radiation sickness deaths and a few million people who end up with a statistically-insignificant increase to their chances of getting cancer.
A worst case nuclear disaster has already occurred, in 1986.
... and actually doing it. How many of those 35% that responded will actually go out and buy one as soon as it comes out? Not many I'd suspect, even if only because most will still be bound by contracts etc.
If I remember this right (I've never actually taken a domestic flight, it's only something I've read) then they take a picture of domestic passengers at the security desk, the photo is brought up at the departure gate to verify the correct person is boarding the flight.
I remember there was some controversy when they were talking about using fingerprint scanners to do this, and how it was unnecessary because the "the photo system worked fine".
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I don't see why this is any worse than a compiled language (Java, C# etc.), it's not going to be hard to manage your sourcecode and the JS output if you've got an automated build of your web project set up.
Having done a lot of big projects in JS for me it has a lot of shortcomings and it would be great to have a replacement language that is backwards compatible. Sure I wouldn't do anything enterprise level for a year or so while Dart proves itsself, but I would happily use it for large projects before widespread browser support.
but ominously, it also has a tool that converts Dart code into JavaScript
No, that's an excellent feature. Allows us to start developing sites with this new language without having to wait for all browsers to upgrade or to have plugins installed. How else would you get any sort of main stream takeup of a javascript replacement?
They've come up with a naming rule (desserts in alphabetical order) and they're sticking to it: Cupcake, Donut, Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread, Honeycomb, Ice Cream Sandwich
I'm just waiting for Apple to run out of "cool" large cat names and start releasing versions like "OS X Ocelot"
And then there are the Android app developers. Invariably they want access to my contacts, they want to impersonate me, they want real-time access to my GPS location, even for apps as simple as Droid Flashlight.
iPhone apps do the same, and you don't even get a chance to check what permissions apps use to decide which flashlight app to install (the one that does access your contacts, or the one that doesn't, hmm, tough choice :)
Cloud gaming already exists. 3D Hardware acceleration is client side, so it's the opposite of cloud gaming.
Android had to allow native apps because iOS did
[Citation needed], Windows Mobile, JME, and Symbian had native apps long before iOS, so I'd be very surprised if Google wouldn't have offered native apps if Apple hadn't.
So are they going to start paying brits for all the extra food that they need to eat in order to power these things
I don't think there's any problem of people eating too little food over here, in fact it might even help with the current obesity problem...
I think a Ponzi scheme is more specific than that:
"A Ponzi scheme is a fraudulent investment operation that pays returns to its investors from their own money or the money paid by subsequent investors, rather than from any actual profit earned by the individual or organization running the operation."
This isn't a case of a company promising investment returns and paying them with the original invested money, it's a company syphoning off money from their own customers deposit accounts.
The researchers aren't introducing the bugs into the software, of course; they're simply finding flaws that might not have been found under other circumstances.
So it's actually nothing like rat farming.
I'm sure in the future, as there is now, there will be smartphones with touch-screens and built in keyboards.
Would you honestly prefer having to cursor through all the apps on your smartphone instead of using a touchscreen?
I can't say I've ever had any trouble fitting even relatively big smart phones (Nexus S) into my pocket, but perhaps OP would like to take a look at the Xperia Mini?
From the video it sounds like that what comes off the roll is just the eInk layer (pigment capsules etc) which then needs to be laminated to a TFT panel that actually controls the pixels, so you cant just plug that roll in and have a 1km long working screen unfortunately.
$25 is less than the cost of most Arduino boards, if it's possible to add some digital/analogue inputs/outputs it could become electronics bloggers new favourite toy (at least for high power mains projects, I suspect Arduino will still have much better power consumption!)
and in a year or two, it wouldn't be surprising if all software is made available as an ISO on a USB drive which can be read by tablet and PC alike
I'm a little confused by this, why would software come as an ISO file on a USB drive when it could just come as the actual files on a usb drive?
A lot of Apple software downloads come as disk images, maybe this will catch on with windows but then ISOs aren't compressed and what's the advantage of that over a self contained executable installer?
FYI the new rover is nuclear powered
I think you'll find the new rover is nuclear powered, not solar powered.
Why in god's name would anyone be willing to go to that with electronics?
Or stick that device in flight mode
That's not emulation, that's having the actual hardware. You may as well just build a whole snes...
1.5 plus meg/sec in real world usage, most things aren't that fast from the source but a good torrent will give between 1.5 and 2 meg/sec, and I'm assuming that a 20 mbps line will never give you 2.5 meg/sec data rate once control bits are taken into account.
They're all tied up for the next 30 years in court fighting the zillions of meritless lawsuits from the incumbents whose only "innovators" are in the legal or lobbying departments.
It's not quite that bad in the UK, yet...
By "London" I assume they mean central London, and given they'll be installing the equipment in their cable junction boxes I doubt places like Heathrow would be covered anyway.
Actually credit where credit is due their broadband service has been pretty good for me, I regularly hit 1.5+ meg/sec on my 20mbit line.
Sooner or later I'm sure a worst-case nuclear disaster will occur and the result will be a handful of acute radiation sickness deaths and a few million people who end up with a statistically-insignificant increase to their chances of getting cancer.
A worst case nuclear disaster has already occurred, in 1986.
... and actually doing it. How many of those 35% that responded will actually go out and buy one as soon as it comes out? Not many I'd suspect, even if only because most will still be bound by contracts etc.
If I remember this right (I've never actually taken a domestic flight, it's only something I've read) then they take a picture of domestic passengers at the security desk, the photo is brought up at the departure gate to verify the correct person is boarding the flight.
I remember there was some controversy when they were talking about using fingerprint scanners to do this, and how it was unnecessary because the "the photo system worked fine".